Austrian vice-chancellor resigns over secret video scandal

Source: Xinhua| 2019-05-18 19:00:08|Editor: xuxin
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VIENNA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Vice-Chancellor and leader of the right-wing populist Freedom Party Heinz-Christian Strache on Saturday declared his resignation over a scandal in which he appears on video offering government contracts in exchange for political support.

He offered Chancellor Sebastian Kurz his resignation and Kurz accepted it, Strache told a press conference.

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